sorry for the confusion. It wasn't an actual contract deal, I referred to it as an 'agreement' (see above) because it was merely verbal. I noticed that there were a few blemishes on the car, and he agreed to touch them up for me. No actual contract was written out for the touchups... As far as the D!ck sucking, I hope you're mom sees that and washes out your mouth with some car cleanser!
Man that sucks that they expects us to pay for their shortcomings. If they're paint is shoddy, they should be throwing in the clr coat for free. Well, that's what I'll be bargaining for on my 03 anyway.
BlackoutSpecV:
You're in Houston, right? What dealer did you buy from? How has their service department been?
I started this thread and have an update. I mentioned that I thought I got tar on my back quarter panels and could not get the stuff off because it had soaked into the paint. WELL after going to the dealer and their body shop I actually ran into a honest body shop manager who told me what the real truth was. EVERYONE should use caution on this when they buy a new car. I was told my problem was a result of too much tire shine applied and now that I look at it I believe that is the truth. The dealer put a ton of that stuff on and the first time I washed the car I noticed the brown dots sprayed on the quarters and was not able to get them off with anything. The body shop manager told me they have seen this before particularily on light colored cars so make sure you wipe off all excess tire shine before driving (the stuff even says that) but I didn't put it on. It appears as thou my dealer is going to take care of the situation but we shall see. Of course this has nothing to so with the chips in the front which continue to add up with 1300 miles on the car. I didn't know you could get an extra clearcoat, in fact this paint really doesn't seem to have a clearcoat like I am use to seeing.
So what is the deal? I see a lot a owners that have a paint problem and I am no different. I have a black Spec V(six months old) and the paint is chipping away alllllll over. Does anyone know if there is something that can be done by Nissan or are we subjected to rolling over and taking in the butt? As far as the tire shine---that stuff looks great but does indead leave it's mark on the paint. I've actually read the bottle, wiped it off and the garbage is still on my side skirts and quarter panels. The local dump can have that shit as far as I'm concerned!
Hey All
I wonder how many cars have that paint problem maybe it was just a bad bunch that was released. However if it's the majority of the cars that sucks for nissan since I was thinking about buying spec v, but now i'm thinking hard if it's worth it to get the car that will have paint comming off in 6 months. Since warranty covers car bumper to bumper it also covers the shitty paint so i would argue my dealer to repaint the car if he doesn't go straight to nissan. I hope that nissan reads the threads about the problem. If not they will start loosing sells because of this, it sad that they could build a nice car but don't want to spend money on the paint
I had to touch up my 2002 Sentra GXE Senergy, Radium (KV9) the day I bought it. Mine came with the extra clear coat, and the paint chipped off of the Drviers front and Passengers rear door molding. The dealer applied the touch up paint with the KV9 Radium touch up paint , and the paint doesn't even match the Radium on the car. The other problem is that when the dealership the car came from didn't wash the car right when they applied the clear coat. I have marks and scratches on the original clear coat. The dealer I bought the car from order new moldings, and will fix it next week. I never had any of these problems with my wifes 94 Sentra, it just now the black paint as faded really bad. I have to use Nu Finish, to make it look like new again.
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does anyone know if using polishing/waxing clays will help with the removal of stubborn wax that has settled in the scratches(among other things)? or is it too harsh for the paint? i have a black se.
There are a few ways to get rid of the built up wax in those scratches try using a soft bristle toothbrush, the soft bristles shouldn't scratch the paint. The other way is a soft cloth, I due this on my 94 Sentra with the ribbed panels on the door, this does take longer.
The car goes back to the dealer today for the moldings. Also, this weekend I found other problems with my 02 Sentra. One the rims has some excess metal on it, and the damn thing is I cut my finger on it as I was cleaning the rim. Next to that I think I have a set of bad brake pads on the front. I seem to have a deep scratch on the Passenger's rotor. I'll let you all know what my dealer does to fix these problems.
More info on the swirls in the paint. I have them on my car to. The swirls might have been from the dealer detailing the car, with a buffer, before you took delivery. If you think it looks bad on black, try looking at mine with the Radium, you don't see the swirls at night when the car looks silver, but during the day when the car looks gold, they show up really bad.
I've had the car since December, one of the first... I think. NEwayz, I've read this thread and honestly I can't relate to any of this. Thankfully.
The only chip I've had was this one time where I drove behind my friend's Jeep and a huge gravel flew from his tire and hit my front bumper and another one hit my windshield. I was surprised cause it made a huge bang. Okay, back to the point, we stopped at the theaters and there was one slight chip on my hood and a little crack on my windshield. Other than that, I have a smooth outer covering. There is a scratch on my car due to someone in school who decided to scratch my back spoiler. Oh well...
I don't know why your paint is doing all that. I didn't wax mine until I got it back from the shop after the wreck. I've only waxed it twice and a third time will come sometime in the Winter. I'd talk to a Nissan Dealership and maybe ask for a contact. The people in the dealership probably don't know about the paint. So don't give them a hard time. I'll try to check up on it.
Oh yeah, I bought my car in Trophy Nissan in Dallas Tx. Well, actually my dad did.
Nissan (and the dealers) are well aware of their paint problem, they are being sued by over 500 5th geration Maxima owners. I tried to findout out if we could get in on that lawsuit, but they have already filed. I think that if you search for "maixima paint" or something like that you'll find the webpage that outlines that lawsuit. Its been going for well over a year now.
Anyway some of the cars are imune, some are not. My car has been babied, i mean garage at home, coverd parking at work... washed and waxed every week, yet it still has swirls all over it. I cant even dry the car without getting a haze, so i have to wax it everytime. <side note, i dont use wax, i use a clearcoat sealer that the dealer uses... it has a zero abrasiveness>
One of my scratches was under the clear coat, a defect from the factory. The General Manager asked me what I wanted done, I said paint the door. He then replied what if the paint doesn't match, and I said repaint the car. He said he couldn't do that, and he has to talk to the Nissan Factory Rep about the problem. Ain't that a piece of work. More later.
When I had purchased my body kit, I used DuPont paints, and so far, I have had no problems with paint chipping other than the bottom of the front bumber where I rubbed up against curb stops when parking. When I took the factory bumber off, I could see what all you guys are describing. The same thing is present on that old bumber as well. Does anyone know the best way to remove the radio cover on the dash? I took out my subwoofers in my old car before I traded it in, and I want to install it in my SE-R, but I'm having problems removing it, and I fear that I might accidently scratch my dash or worse, put a nice sized dent in it. Also, does anyone have problems with the map lighting? The lights seem to stick when you turn them on and off.
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